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Injectors aren't firing!


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Are both of your injector fuses good?

 

If you mean the small 15-20amp fuses, then yes, we've checked and replaced them.

Yep, thats what I was talking about, two 20 amp fuses IIRC.

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This is odd, I swear Mickey updated this post today. Either way. Today we grabbed some starter fluid, sprayed it in and it fired up for a second. We got a little light bulb and tried to get it to flash when turning it over... no luck. So the injectors aren't firing for sure.

 

Are both of your injector fuses good?

 

If you mean the small 15-20amp fuses, then yes, we've checked and replaced them.

Yep, thats what I was talking about, two 20 amp fuses IIRC.

 

Now, we looked around, and we only found ONE 15amp fuse that was labeled injector. Im guessing these 2 20amps are somewhere else but we can't find them. The one 15amp fuse is in the fuse panel on the passenger side under the hood... right above the ECM. Where would these 2 20amp ones be?

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so... the car does run with starting fluid? You have spark? (have you checked all 6 plugs for spark?)

 

fuses can vary can to car and year to year in function.... Imagine that I just discovered that my two 95 cs's have different amp values listed for one of my fuses! check all fuses against your owner's manual, both underhood and inside the car.

 

and.... 3.1mpfi, but what year/model? I know some cars can have an ECM fuse inside. but fuel injector fuses underhood..... so check all.

 

 

BTW... are you sure your PCM/ECM is functioning? if you have a 3.1MPFI you can do a paper-clip code read to see if any codes are present, and if it works, it at least rules out a totally dead ECM/PCM at fault.

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Mickey has a 95 GTP just like me. So it has an LQ1. It did start for a second with the starting fluid. And we did confirm that the injectors aren't firing with the test light. Does anyone else have a 95 LQ1 that they can confirm only 1 15amp fuse for injectors? Or are there other fuses elsewhere (other than under the hood passenger side)?

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If you're getting just 6-7 Volts to the injectors then likely all fuses are okay. My guess is PCM. If you want to verify it, test for injector signal output at the PCM plugs. Do you have a tech manual?

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If you're getting just 6-7 Volts to the injectors then likely all fuses are okay. My guess is PCM. If you want to verify it, test for injector signal output at the PCM plugs. Do you have a tech manual?

 

PCM? Is this anywhere near the ECM? I dont have a tech manual. The voltmeter we used to get the 6-7volts might not work that well. But we tried the little 12v light bulb trick and it didn't flash at all.

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PCM = ECM in this situation P = Powertrain (newer models like yours that control the engine and transmission), E = Engine control only (you don't have).

 

If you can try another multimeter, then try to verify if the voltage is indeed that low. I've never tried the bulb trick myself so I don't know how quick the flashes are, or how bright the bulb is supposed to get.

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PCM = ECM in this situation P = Powertrain (newer models like yours that control the engine and transmission), E = Engine control only (you don't have).

 

If you can try another multimeter, then try to verify if the voltage is indeed that low. I've never tried the bulb trick myself so I don't know how quick the flashes are, or how bright the bulb is supposed to get.

 

I do have a spare ECM, i'll let Mickey try it in his car, see what happens.

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It was the ECM, swapped it out with a good one and the car started right up! Thanks for the help guys! Btw, the old ECM was FULL of water and crap. I blame Mickey for not properly closing his hood.

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